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Mahavir Jayanti 2022: 14 April

Category : Important Days
Published on: April 16 2022 Share on facebook

  • Mahavir Jayanti is a birthday celebration for Mahavir or Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankar in Jainism.
  • It is celebrated on the 13th day of the Hindu month of Chaitra which usually falls in late March or early April in the Gregorian calendar.
  • Mahavira, known originally as Vardhamana, was born in either 599 BC or 615 BC.
  • He was born as the son of to King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala.
  • Mahavir believed in a preached ahimsa or non-violence, satya (truth), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (chastity) and aparigraha (non-attachment). Mahavir’s teachings were put together by his main disciple, Indrabhuti Gautama.
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